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Ekspress-AM33 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ33, meaning Express-AM33) is a Russian domestic communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data transmission, the Internet access, presidential and governmental mobile communications) and to deploy satellite networks by applying Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) technology to Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and the Middle East.[1]

Ekspress-AM33

Names	Экспресс-АМ33 Ekspress-AM33 Express-AM33
Mission type	Communications
Operator	Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)
COSPAR ID	2008-003A
SATCAT no.	32478
Website	eng.rscc.ru
Mission duration	10-12 years (planned) 14 years, 3 months and 26 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Ekspress-AM33
Spacecraft type	KAUR
Bus	MSS-2500-GSO[1]
Manufacturer	NPO PM (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload)
Launch mass	2,600 kg (5,700 lb) [2]
Dry mass	605 kg (1,334 lb)
Power	4410 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	28 January 2008, 00:18:00 UTC[3]
Rocket	Proton-M / Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 200/39
Contractor	Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service	14 April 2008 [2]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[4]
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	96.5° East (2008–present)
Transponders
Band	17 transponders: 10 C-band 6 Ku-band 1 L-band
Coverage area	Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Middle East
Ekspress constellation ← Ekspress-AM3 Ekspress-AM44 →

Satellite description

The satellite has a total of 17 transponders, was 10 C-band, 6 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders. The Ekspress-AM33 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (NPO PM) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The communications payload was built by the French company Thales Alenia Space.[5]

Launch

Ekspress-AM33 was launched by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, using a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle. The launch took place at 00:18:00 UTC on 28 January 2008, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.[3] Successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), Ekspress-AM33 raised itself into an operational geostationary orbit using its apogee motor.

Mission

Express-AM33 was launched into orbit on 28 January 2008. The commercial operation of the satellite started on 14 April 2008.[2] The Ekspress-103 satellite entered in service at orbital position 96.5° East on 25 March 2021, where it replaced Ekspress-AM33.[6]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Ekspress-AM33

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[ru] Экспресс АМ33

Экспресс-AM33 — российский телекоммуникационный спутник серии «Экспресс», созданный НПО ПМ совместно с группой Thales Alenia Space, по заказу ФГУП «Космическая связь». Предназначен для предоставления пакета мультисервисных услуг: цифрового телерадиовещания, телефонии, видеоконференцсвязи, передачи данных, доступа в интернет. Кроме того, позволяет создавать сети связи на основе технологии VSAT. В зоне охвата спутника находились территории России, Казахстана, северные районы Центральной Азии, Монголии и Китая. Запуск 28 января 2008 года, введён в эксплуатацию 14 апреля 2008 года.

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